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CASH REGISTER. No. 492,974. Patented Mar. 7, 1898.

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. V GAS-H REGISTER. No. 492,974.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. L. SNEOKNER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,974, dated March '7, 1893.

Application filed November 26,1892. Serial No. 453,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. L. SNECKNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovementin Cash-Registers, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of cash registersin which is employed a series of operating keys representing difierent amounts, a series of type-numbers actuated by said keys and representing corresponding amounts,

I 5 a suitable impression platen co-operating with the type-numbers, and a ticket-holder arranged to be moved transversely of the row of keys adjacent to the printing line and carrying a roll of paper strip adapted to be led between the types and impression platen and torn oif into separate tickets. Heretofore where the paper strip was tornioff against the usual tearing edge the end of the strip was left immediately beneath said edge and it was difficult to catch hold of it to pull the strip forward at the next operation. To enable the end of the strip to be grasped the tearing edge was either located some distance above the surface upon which the paper strip normally 3o rested, or said surface was provided with an opening for the insertion of the thumb or finger of the operator beneath the end of the strip. In either case the end of the strip could not be readily grasped, and where the tearing 3 5 edge was located some distance above the surface upon which the strip rested considerable care had to be exercised in tearing the strip to prevent it being severed upon an irregular or diagonal line instead of a straight transverse one.

The principal feature of myinvention consists in providing means actuated by the operating keys for automatically advancing the paper.strip after each printing operation, to

carry its forward end from beneath the tearing edge, into position where it may be readily grasped by the clerk, all as will be hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cash register and indicator embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a

vertical section of the lower forward portion of the machine and ticket-holder, showing so much of the machine as is necessary to an explanation of my invention; and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the ticket-holder removed from the machine.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The operating keys A are fulcrumed on a horizontal shaft B, Fig. 2, and carry at their front ends the usual numbered finger buttons O. Pivoted to the under side of each key, between its fulcrum and front end, is a hanger D which carries a type-number E corresponding to the value of the key. Each hanger D has projecting rearwardly from it a plate F with which co-operate two screws G H passed through the key, by which screws the position of the hanger upon the keys may be adjusted to cause the type E to squarely strike the impression platen hereinafter described. The inking ribbon I is carried upon spools located in housings J at each side of the machine and is led thence across the machine beneath the 5 types E. An impression platen K, of rubber or other suitable material, is embedded in a cross-piece L of the framework and extends transversely across the machine beneath the row of types E.

The ticket-holder consists of abox or casing M, of suitable shape, arranged to move transversely of the machine in an open space between its sides, beneath and in front of the rows of operating keys, Fig. 1. This holder is mounted upon a guide-rod N at its lower rear corner, Fig. 2, and at its lower forward corner carries a roller 0 which travels upon a cross-piece P of the framework or main casing. The supply of paper strip is carried ina roll Q upona shaft or spindle R mounted in the sides of the holder M, from which roll the strip is led rearward and upward between a pair of feed-rollers S T journaled in the sides of the holder, thence forward over a 5 platen K beneath a guide U upon the upper side of the holder M and thence beneath a cross bar or tearing edge V. The roller T has fast upon it a ratchet IV with which co-operates a pawl X pivoted to a rod Y guided verroo tically in guides Z Z upon the rear wall of the holder M and projecting at its upper end through the top of the holder, and having its upper end bent transversely as shown inFig. 3, to adapt it to be struck by the operating keys when the latter are depressed. A spring A presses the pawl X against the ratchet W, and a spring 13 surrounding the lower end of the rod Y between the lower guide Z and a 1 collar 0 fast upon the rod presses the holder upward and yieldingly holds it in normal position. A holding pawl D held by a spring E in engagement with the ratchet W pre vents backward movement of the ratchet and feed-rollers.

The operation of the parts under the above construction is as follows: The holder M- is slid laterally upon its guides until it is ee b in l n wi h tbe e rte be erere edhe ke is been i epr e ee and. it yne p esse e nking-ribb n aeei et l -R393? tripreeeee yee the lates an mi th el-bee theky urenide r e b' time the depression of the hey -ha s f Ad eem the red Y and eeueiee he. W X to p baekuere -one er m re eeth f th ratchet When the key released the see 3' tbrewe he. fee Y upwa eeeie see h Pau K t r s th et b t ee l ee-rel ere er er a h rfiliebebe he eby a ee n t ben r t ben ar y n ibs fi e m i f eetef the ee es edge as seen E 2, Whe t ma b a umed that e k y has stee er -rate e beiee and, e i ter its value, and print it upon the paper strip, eve tbet t e e r ie. r ady b e d a n Werd by tb l e k' and t rn e When he eket s te -1. efi th en of t e trip. s left mm d a l be ath the. e ess be V, ut hen ee tbe ke i de essed an l e ed a t e f e e eee e mee iee? h st p w l b lieb e eed elie be b in its ee ie e es ien. to b s eep de erem we I am the. fir be the a te' m ine w t e epe et es key and prin n ypee a a h r s er, a iek'e holder movable laterally across the machine adjacent to the printing line andcontaining e l f pape tr e b t en e t pes and impression platen, and means of any sort ct at d by he perati e be a ma ie ll van t e pepe pifer he pe 'bbs described, and myinvention istherefore not restricted to the details of construction and arrangement of the parts which I have illu's trated'in the drawings, except/so far as may e nd ca d y he e me of y r pect ve e aim i Har n hus u y de c d my i -btie i I e eim+ 1. In a cash registen the combination, with a series of operating keys representing difterent values, type numbers representing corresponding values actuated by the respective keys, and an impression platen cooperating with the type numbers, of a ticket-holder mounted to move transversely across the 'machine adjacent to the printing lineand containing a roll of paper strip adapted, to be i rollers and he Opel led from the holder between th impression pl te a d ypes n e e ed mm de tickets, and means actuated by the operating keys for automatically advancing the paper strip, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' 2, In a cash register, the combination, with a series of operating keys representing difierent values, type-numbers representing cor- 1 responding values actuated by the respective keys, and an impression platen co-operating with the type-numbers, of a ticket-holder mounted to move transversely across the machine adjacent to the printing line-and containing a roll of paper strip adapted to be led from the holder between the types and platen and severed into-detached tickets, a

1 pebr-ef-tee le r ebeted i the b eer a bet-W n w h b beee etiibi ne e d ',i 1 w re ne-meme 'es -keys e b seai e l re elad e'ee he pebef fir p; etin a y as; and f b'e-hu ne'sl s K ln a cashregister, theIco b' ti; a series of operating'k'eys re em a ues, ypernii bers t n e Per erie were are e j b e es ee -ree by m re .pee r k yse amine ss bb pl te we: .etin ,.,-type'? u ibers faftiek 'jhdld i 0 me e' rane e eely eer nemaehin ef dglace'nt'to the printing line nu equra inga r011 of ap r strip adaptedtobe e rdn hfh laer e ween thev ypes n eat e d e i d ta hed 'tiek te; e pai e eeew, l-s 1 am: 'iilitbe e f and between hic e pa st -ib s passe were fa upo one. o said ballets, e nally-guided e 'nleuntedi -hhelde an adapt d vbe dep ss d y h ,dpe-e n of the keys, a resetting springforsaid rod, ahda pawl carried by the rod and co operr ating with the ratchet uponthe' feed roller, subs n a y ee arid er e nu' bese e: sq h i H .M .t r r 4, In a cash register, the combination, with h be ti y A, tb p'e 1 Carried e by, e nking ib n a d platen of the laterally-movable ticket-holder M provided with the tearin edge. v, the feed-rollers S T jeurnaled in the holder, the ratchet W fast uponthe roller T, the v'ertitallY3S1id ing rod 1? mounted 'in the holderand provided with a horizontally-extendedupper end ed te e' en a d b be' s' A whe the'latter are depressed, the resetting spring B for the rod, the pawl X carriedby the rod and co-operating with the ratchet W, and the holding pawlD for saidratheb, theholder containing the relief paper strip Q mounted npon'the'shaft Rand led between the rollers S T, over the platen K'and beneath the tearing edge V,substantia1ly asjand for the purpg q i a FRANK A. L. SNEGKNER. Witnesses: WILLIAM B. SULLIVAN,

CHARLES R. GILLIEs. 

